Electrical connector assembly for coaxial cables

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EP 1 351 341 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	02.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/44

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	08.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/41

(21)	Application number: 03100441.9

(22)	Date of filing: 24.02.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01R 13/504, H01R 13/50

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO

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Priority:

27.02.2002 US 360280 P
09.07.2002 US 191136

(71)	Applicant: TYCO Electronics Corporation
	Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Hall, John Wesley PA 17111, Harrisburg (US) Myer, John Mark PA 17551, Millersville (US) Laub, Micheal Frederick PA 17111, Harrisburg (US) Moll, Hurley Chester PA 17111, Harrisburg (US) Malstrom, Charles Randall PA 17042, Lebanon (US)

(74)	Representative: Warren, Keith Stanley et al
	BARON & WARREN 19 South End Kensington London W8 5BU London W8 5BU (GB)

(54)	Electrical connector assembly for coaxial cables

(57) An electrical connector (8) comprises first and second housings (10,12) having mating ends (20) configured to be joined with one another and retain contacts that are joined when the first and second housings are mated. Each housing has a reception end (24) receiving a dielectric subassembly (14) carrying an electrical cable (16) connected to contacts. The dielectric subassemblies of the housings (10,12) are aligned along a longitudinal axis and mate with one another when the housings (10,12) are mated. Each housing has a hatch (56) proximate its reception end (24) which closes the reception end and engages a rear wall (70) of the associated dielectric subassembly. Each hatch (56) has loading protrusions (68) which engage the rear wall (70) to create a load force along the longitudinal axis to maintain the dielectric subassemblies fully mated with one another.

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